Transportation system.



Patented 0e11, 1,1918.

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l. C. BONNER.

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED MML 3L I917.

gnve'nfoz J. C. BONNER.

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. APPLICATION man MAR. at; 1911.

Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

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'1. C. BONNER.

TRANSPORTATION. SXSREM.

APPLICATIONHLED MAR. 3L. 191-7.

Patentd Oct. 1,1918.

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a?! v l JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH, BONNER, F TOLEDO, OHIO.

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Oct. 1, 11ers,

Application filed March 31, 1917. Serial No. 158,879.

tion.

This invention relates to transportation systems, and itcomprisescertain improvements on the invention disclosed in in pendingapplication Serial No.

led Oct. 21, 1914;. In the present invention I provide a railroad car orother power driven vehicle and a wheeled receptacle or road wagonadapted to receive merchandise for the purpose of transportation, andmeans in the nature of rails, tracks or supports mounted on each side ofthe car for the reception of the wheels of the road wagon, the railsbeingconstructed in sections which are normally in alinement tofacilitate the placing of road wagons on the car; certain sections,however, being secured to the trucks of the car, independent of theother sections, which are rigidly secured to the body of the car,whereby the first mentioned sections are permitted to turn with thetrucks when the car is rounding a curve; all as more fully hereinafterset forth and as claimed.

The art of transporting merchandise has been developed to a certainextent and the method of carrying of receptacles such as road wagonsupon railroad cars has already been suggested but in such instances theroad wagon has been placed on tracks or other supports on the flat topsof railroad cars. One serious disadvantage of such propositions is, thatwhen particularly heavy loaded and relatively large road wagons are usedthe center of gravity is comparatively high, with result that the trainscarrying a plurality of these vehicles must travel at a slow rate ofspeed, especially when rounding curves. In the present invention, Iprovide means for loading a vehicle upon a railway car or other powerdriven transportation means so that its center of gravity is at arelatively low ointwith respect to the truck of the car. 0 accomplishthis, I place tracks or rails on the sides of the car at a point belowthe body of the car and advantageousl below the upper tread of the .carwhee s. It will be understood that the gage of the road wagon must besufliciently great to permit the same to straddle the car and space thewheels at a distance from each other equal to the distance between therails or supports mounted upon the opposite sides of the car. For thepurpose of restricting the gage of the road'wagons asmuch as possible,the tracks or rails must be placed in close proximity to the sides ofthe car and I thereore find it advantageous to construct the rails insections and secure certain sections to the body of the car and othersections to the car trucks, which arrangement permits the last namedsections to turn with the trucks and therefore maintain their relativepositionssuitably spacedfmm the car wheels. In this manner I may loadtwo or more road wagons upon one railroad car and maintain vthe centerof gravity at a relatively low point, the wheels of the road wagon beingreceived upon the tracks arranged on the sides of the car with the bodyof the wagon straddling the top of the car.

When the invention is applied to a train of flat railroad cars, Iprovide bridging means between the tracks attached to the cars inorder'that any 1111111081 of road Wagons may be loaded from one end ofthe train, such bridging means being supported in such manner that theymay sustain a load between the cars, and the load sustaining means beingcapable of arrangement for forming inclined planes up and down which theroad wagons may be drawn for loading upon the cars, and also adapted tobe arranged upon the railroad cars so as to form chocks for the wheelsof the road wagon when it has been properly positioned.

In this specification I hate used the term car to designate the carryingvehicle which is best power driven and have used the term road wagon todesignate the carried vehicle or the merchandise carrying vehicle. Thisroad wagon is either horse or power propelled, but advantageously is oflight construction, forming, in effect, re-

movable box cars on Wheels.

In the drawings I have shown, more less diagrammatically, one form of myinvention, it being understood that these drawings are illustrative onlyandthat different modifications may be used. In this show- %igure 1 is aside elevation of the car with the road wagons in position after havingbeen loaded upon the car, the bridging tracks between adjacent carsbeing in position to form continuous tracks;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1 with the road wagons removed;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the method of loading the roadwagons upon the car and showing the use of the bridging means asinclined planes up which the road wagon may be drawn;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3 with the road wagon removed;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing two adjacent cars in coupled positionand illustrating on a large scale the arrangement of the bridgingtracks;

Fig. 6 is a rear-elevation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the bridging means in folded positionduring transportation; and

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic showing illus' trating on a somewhat enlargedscale the method of folding the tracks after the road wagons have beenloaded upon the cars.

In the drawings, element 1 indicates the road wagon provided withdepending members 2 to. which the wheels 3 are attached through means ofthe stub bolts a and blocks 5. This arrangement permits the road wagonto straddle the car, the road wagon being of wider gage than the car.Advantageously the blocks 5 ride in the depending members 2 and areunder the influence of a spring (not shown) held between the blocks 5and blocks 7.

The railroad cars may be of any usual construction. To the side beams 8of the usual car I attach tracks 9 by'means of hangers 10 riveted orotherwise fixedly secured to the beams 8, as at 11. To the beams 12 ofthe truck I fixedly secure the tracks 13 by means of similar hangers 1Oriveted at 11, and to the ends of the car at the rear of the trucks Isecure the sections 14 in the same mannerI Therefore, for each side ofthe car I provide five sections of track, the sections supported fromthe trucks being adapted'to move with them, but all of the sectionsbeing in alinement when the train or car is-traveling on-a straighttrack. The supporting tracks may be made in a greater number of sectionsif desired, but it is essential that the tracks attached to the trucksbe independent of the other sections, as this permits the tracks to bearranged relatively close to thesides of the cars. In

the absence of some provision of this character it will be readilyunderstood that the tracks would necessarily have to be spaced a greaterdistance from the sides of the car to allow suitable clearance for thewheels of the car when they are out of alinement with the body of thecar as for instance in runmng upon a curved track.

When it is desired' to load a number of road wagons upon a train of fiatrailroad cars, rather than to load several road wagons upon one flatcar, I provide bridging members consisting of a plurality of pivotedsections 15 adapted to afford inclined planes at the ends of each flatcar but also arranged to form bridging members between the cars. Thesebridging members carry sustaining blocks 16 and 17 which also act assupports when the bridging members are used as inclined planes, as isclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. When it is desired to load the roadwagons upon a train of fiat cars the blocks 16 and 17 act as struts orbraces, as is shown in Fig. 5. In this instance, the sections 15 of thebridging members pivoted to the sections 14: on the car are maintainedin a horizontal plane while the extreme sections 15 of the bridgingmembers are placed against the ground or the railroad rails.

In this manner the blocks 16 and 17 act as supports orbraces, thesection 15 between the extreme sections of the bridging members also actas inclined planes. The bridging members and inclined planes may befolded out of position either under or over the extreme sections 141 ofthe railroad car. In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown these sections in foldedposition out of the way when the cars are in transit, and serving aschocks under the wheels of the road vehicle.

The railroad car is shown more or less diagrammatically in thesedrawings and certain details of construction of the road wagonhave beenomitted for clarity of presentation. It is advantageous to employ a roadwagon adapted to straddle the railroad cars and for that reason I haveadopted the stub axle construction, although in some instances theordinary correct gage road wagons having horizontal axles may be used.

My invention not only comprises the improvement in the railroad carwherein the sectional tracks and sectional tracks together with theinclined planes are used, but also the combination with the railroad carwith the road wagon in such position that the forward and rear wheels ofthe road wagon straddle the track sections of the I trucks of therailroad car.

What I claim is i 1. In combination a car and a road wagon, sectionalsupports carried by the car on each side, certain sections of saidsupports being adapted to turn with the car trucks, the road wagon beingadapted to straddle theoar with its wheels resting upon the sectionaltracks.

2. In combination a car and a road Wagon, sectional'supports suspendedfrom each side of the car and spaced from each other a greater distancethan the width of the car,

certain sections of said supports being adapted to turn with the cartrucks,-said road wagon being positioned astride of the car with itswheels resting upon the suspended supports.

3. In combination a c: and a road wagon, sectional supports suspendedfrom each side of the car and spaced therefrom, certain sections of saidsupports being adapted to turn with the car trucks. said supportsadapted to .receive the wheels of the road wagon, and hinged, sectionsformed on each end of the sectional. supports.

4. In combination a car and a road wagon. sectional supports carried bythe car on each side and below the plane of the top, certain sectionsthereof being arranged to turn with the car trucks. the other sectionsbeing parallel with the sides of the car, and the road wagon beingadapted tp straddle the body of the car with the wheels of t he roadwagon resting upon said sectional suppbrts.

5. A transportation system. in combination. a car and a road wagon,sectional tracks mounted on said car below the upper tread of the carwheels. the sections of thetracks adjacent the trucks of the car beingsecured to the trucks. the remaining sections being secured to the topof the car. said road wagon being adapted to be positioned astride thecar with its wheels upon the sectional tracks.

(i. A railroad car adapted to receive a, road wagon, rails positioned oneach 'side of the car and mounted below the upper tread ot' the carwheels. said rails being formed in sectionsij: the sections. adjacentthe trucks being secured thereto, the remaining sections being secured'to the body of the car. and a plurality ot' hinged sections formed oneach end of the rails. suppt'irting means secured to said hinged sectionwhereby the hinged section ma v be positioned to form inclined planestopermit the road wagon to be drawn upon the car.

7. In combination. a pair of vehicles. one of which is adapted to bemounted upon the other. tracks secured to the carrying vehicle anddisposed below the' upper tread of the wheels. hinged sections carriedon the extremitv of said tracks. said hinged sections being arranged toform inclined planes to permit the carried vehicle to be positioned uponsaid tracks. and said hinged sections being further adapted to be foldedto provide chocks for the wheelsof the carried vehicle when the vehiclesare imposition.

H. In combination. a train of cars, adapted to support a plurality ofroad wagons, sectional rails mounted on the sides of the cars below theupper tread of the Wheels. the

sections of the rails adjacent the trucks be ing secured thereto the:remaining sections being secured to the body of the cats. and

a plurality of hinged sections formed on secured to the body. aplurality of hinged sections secured to the extremities of each rail,said lunged sectionsbeing capable of torming inclined planes to permitloading of the carried vehicle upon the carnving vehicle,

and arranged toform bridging elements between two carnving vehicles topermit loading of a number of such carried vehicles from one endthereof.

10. In a transportation system, in combination. two complementar vvehicles, one of which is adapted to be mounted upon the other. supportsmounted on the; carrying vehicle and extending throughout its length,the wheels of the carried vehicle resting upon said supports. a pluralitof hinged sections connected to each end ofsuch' sup- .ports. saidhinged sections adapted to form inclined planes to permit loading anduse loading of the carried vehicle, and set-vs mg as chocks for thewheels of the carried vehicles when the same are in position.

11. In a transptn'tation system, in combination. a plurality of carryingvehicles aml a plurality of carried vehicles adapted to be mountedthereon, supports mounted on the -arr ving vehicles and extendingthroughoutthe length of each of said vehicles. the wheels of the carriedvehicles resting upon said supports. and a pluralitjv ot' hingedsections connected to the ends of each of said supports, said hingedsections adapted to form inclined planes to permit.

'loading and unloading of the carried vehicles. the hinged sections alsoserving as bridging elements between two carrying weliiclesand beingcapable of arrangement as chocks-for-the wheels of the carried vehicleswhen the latter are in position upon one of said carrying vehicles.

In testimon3 whereof, v,1 allix my signature hereto.

JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH BONNER.

